Proof firm downsizing and diagnosis-specific disability pensioning in Norway

BMC Public Health

Alastair H Leyland³  Leif Jostein Reime²  Øyvind Næss¹  Bjørgulf Claussen² 

[1] National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway;Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, P.O.Box 1130, Blindern, N0318, Norway;MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

关键词: Firm downsizing;    Labour market;    Disability pension;   

Others  :  1162652
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-27

 received in 2012-04-04, accepted in 2013-01-03,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

We wanted to investigate if firm downsizing is related to an increased rate of disability pensions among the former employed, especially for those with musculoskeletal and psychiatric diagnoses, and for those having to leave the firm.

Methods

Statistics Norway provided a linked file with demographic information and all social security grants from the National Insurance Administration for 1992–2004 for all inhabitants in Norway. Our sample was aged 30–55 years in 1995, being alive, employed and not having a disability pension at the end of 2000. Downsizing was defined as percent change in number of employed per firm from 1995 to end 2000. Employment data were missing for 25.6% of the sample.

Results

Disability pension rates in the next four years were 25% higher for those experiencing a 30-59% downsizing than for those not experiencing a reduction of the workforce. 1-29% and 60-100% downsizing did not have this effect. Stayers following down-sizing had higher disability pension rates than leavers. What we have called complex musculoskeletal and psychiatric diagnoses were relatively most common.

Conclusion

Moderate downsizing is followed by a significant increase in disability pension rates in the following four years, often with complex musculoskeletal and psychiatric diagnoses.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Claussen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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